Martin Hurson

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Martin Hurson was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.

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Martin Hurson canonical 1

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instanceOf Irish republican
Provisional Irish Republican Army member
human
hunger striker
associatedWith H-Blocks protest
Maze Prison
blanket protest
no-wash protest
burialPlace Galbally Cemetery, County Tyrone
causeOfDeath hunger strike
causeOfImprisonment conviction for IRA-related offences
conflict The Troubles
convictedOf explosive offences
possession of explosives
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
dateOfBirth 1956-09-13
dateOfDeath 1981-07-13
durationOfHungerStrike 46 days
ethnicGroup Irish
father John James Hurson
linked to: John Hurson
hasOccupation construction worker
hasSibling Bernadette Hurson
Brigid Hurson
Eileen Hurson
linked to: Geraldine Hurson

Francis Hurson
Geraldine Hurson
Hugh Hurson
John Hurson
Marian Hurson
Patricia Hurson
languageSpoken English
memberOf Provisional Irish Republican Army
mother Mary Ann Hurson
movement Irish republicanism
nativeOf Cappagh, County Tyrone
notableFor being one of the ten men who died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike
participantIn 1981 Irish hunger strike
partOf IRA East Tyrone Brigade
placeOfBirth Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
placeOfDeath Maze Prison, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
linked to: Maze Prison
placeOfDetention Long Kesh prison
Maze Prison
politicalAlignment Irish republican
positionHeld IRA volunteer
regionOfActivity County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
religion Roman Catholicism
startTimeOfHungerStrike 1981-05-29

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Hunger strikes of 1981 notableDeath Martin Hurson